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Question for Museum Goers? |
Destruction of objects in museum environments? Part of my thesis for graduate school is on the destruction of objects in museum environments caused by visitors or staff. I am looking for real life examples of people destroying works of art. Have you ever witnessed anyone touching, writing on, climbing on, etc. a work of art in a museum or museum like setting? Have you ever seen someone disregard ropes or other barriers to get a closer look at a work of art? Have you ever seen anyone leave garbage behind? Take flash photography? Have you ever witnessed a security guard repremanding someone for any of these things? If you have seen someone do something along these lines or if you have done any of those things could you give me an example. I would really appreciate it. (If you have done any of these things I will not think less of you and will not include any names or screennames in my paper) Thank you in advance. This is not wilful damage, but may be of interest to you! "'Museum Works to Fix Shattered Vases broken By Visitor' Conservators at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge are working restore Qing vases that were shattered when a museum visitor tripped and smashed into them. What will happen when they're glued back together? They'll go back on display. "These vases were given to us in the 1940s and have been in the same place for 50 years. Some 9 million people have walked past them and this is the first time they have been damaged. We have to look at the risk in perspective." The Guardian (UK) 03/30/06 http://hisnibs.blogspot.com/2006_01_01_h... A couple of years ago, I was taking an Australian friend around Hampton Court Palace. She lifted her camera to take a photograph in the Great Hall, but was immediately pounced on by a security guard who quietly told her photography was not allowed. That's all I've got, I'm afraid. I had a friend (no longer is) who reached across a rope to touch a Picasso at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Luckily, an alarm sounded and he was removed before he could touch it. Also, read about a kid on a field trip in Detroit who put gum on a work. It's going to cost quite a bit to fix. In 2000 my daughter and I were in Paris and went to the Louvre (as one does in Paris) before we went in I told her that she would not be allowed to take flash photos. But I was mistaken cos once in I was amazed to see people taking flash photos all over the place of every thing from the Mona Lisa down. |
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